Kal Miller

Class:
Fifth Year
Weight:
149
Hometown:
Kansas City, Mo.
High School:
Park Hill
Prev School:
Maryland

CAREER HONORS
Three-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2023, 2024, 2025)
Three-time NCAA Qualifier (2023, 2024, 2025)
Seventh place at 2025 Big Ten Championships
2025 Academic All-Big Ten
2025 Hudson Taylor Award Winner
2024 Academic All-Big Ten

2025-26 (Maryland): 19–5 overall record in Open Tournaments…Competed at Southeast Open, Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Open, Patriot Open, Midlands Championships, and Bloomsburg Open…Placed 5th at Midlands Championships…Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Open Champion

2024-25 (Maryland): Posted a 22-12 record with 13 wins by decision, four tech falls and two major decisions…Competed as the 26-seed in the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia…Defeated Dylan Gilcher (Michigan) twice to secure seventh place at Big Ten Championships…Won four matches in a row at the Edinboro open, allowing just three points against in the wins…Fifth place at George Mason Patriot Open (12/8), going 5-1 on the day

2023-24 (Maryland): Finished the season 13-12 with four ranked wins in the regular season (Cole Matthews 2x, Dan Fongaro, Josh Edmond)…NCAA Qualifier…As an 11th-seed at 2024 Big Ten Championships, took two wins over 14-seed Felix Liittni (Wisconsin)…Qualified for NCAA Championships…Won his second-consecutive Tiger Style Invite in thrilling style…Battled through overtimes to secure the win by tiebreaker in his hometown over Missouri's No.16 Josh Edmond (11/11).

2022-23 (Maryland): 2023 NCAA Qualifiers, going 2-2 with wins over Josh Mason (BLOOM) and 16th-seeded Josh Koderhandt (Navy)…Won the ninth-place bracket at 2023 Big Ten Championships as the 14th-seed to take the final allocation spot in the 141 class…Won all three bouts in Maryland's opening weekend quad meet (11/5)…Took home first place in the 141-pound weight class at the Tiger Style Invite in his hometown (11/11)…Went up against No. 1 Cole Matthews in the Pittsburgh dual (11/18)…Beat No. 33 Cayden Rooks (Indiana) in first ever Big Ten match (01/09)…Finished 18-18 and ranked #31 (Intermat).

High School: Starred for Park Hill High School…Two-time Missouri State Champion…2018 Fargo All-American at 113-pounds…Team finished top-three every season except one…NHSCA National Champion…USA Wrestling Preseason National Champion…No. 82 in FloWrestling Class of 2022…Excelled in the classroom with a 3.7 GPA…All-Academic First Team…Nominated for 2021 Missouri Athlete of the Year…Trinity Award Winner…Three-time State Youth Champion with Greater Heights Club…Tulsa All-American.

Personal: Brother, Ethen, was a three-time NCAA qualifier and three-time Big Ten placer for Maryland (2021-2025)... Father played golf and football at DMAC in Iowa before transferring to Graceland University.